Railway-joint.



J. W. SCOTT.

RAILWAY JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED 111m 12. 1912.

1,058,473. Patented Apr. 8, 1913.

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RAILWAY-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 8, 1913.

Application filed June 12, 1912. Serial No. 703,277.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES W. SCOTT, a citizenof the United States, residing at Allendale, in the county of Ottawa andState of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements inRailway-Joints, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in railway rail joints andespecially with reference to the construction of a novel splice bar andthe meeting ends of the rails so that the splice bar coacts with themeeting ends of the rails to lock the latter together and to sustain therail ends to pre- "ent them from yielding under the pounding of thetrain Wheels, the invention consisting in the construction, combinationand arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing :Fignre 1 is a side elevation of a railwayrail joint constructed in accordance with my invention, showing themeeting ends of a pair of rails and a splice bar constructed inaccordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same, withthe near fish plate removed. Figs. 3 and 4 are vertical transversesectional views on the planes indicated by the lines aa and bb,respectively, of Fig. 1.

In accordance with my invention, the meeting ends of a pair of rails 1,which may be otherwise of usual construction, each having a head 2, aweb 3, and a base 4, are provided with overhanging projecting portions5, the webs of the said projecting portion being provided with curvedsegmental recesses 6 in their under sides and the bases of the railspresenting inclined, downwardly converging shoulders 7 at the outer endsof the said recesses 6. In other words, the bases of the rails are cutaway for a distance from their ends and provided with inclined shoulders7 and one of the recesses 6 is formed in the under side of theoverhanging portion of the web of the rail. I also, in accordance withmy invention, pro-' vide a splice bar 8 which comprises a base 9 thatcorresponds in size and shape cross sectionally with the bases of therails and a web 10 which is medially arranged on and projects upwardlyfrom the said base 9, the said web presenting a pair of segment portions11 which are adapted to fit in the correspondingly shaped recesses 6 ofthe overhanging portions of the rail ends, and the ends of the base 9 ofthe splice bar being beveled or undercut so that the ends of the splicebars converge downwardly as at 12 and are adapted to bear and to fitagainst the inclined or beveled ends 7 of the bases of the rails. Owingto the construction of the base of the splice bar with the overhangingupper portions and the correspondingly shaped construction of the endsof the bases of the rails, the rails serve to support the splice bar andprevent it from dropping. The splice bar is held in place also by meansof fish plates 13 which are arranged on opposit-e sides of the webs ofthe splice bar and rails, and bolts 14, some of which pass through thewebs of the rails and others pass through the web of the splice bar, allof the said bolts passing through the fish plates. Owing to thesegmental form of the seats or recesses 6, in the overhanging portionsof the webs of the rail ends, and the portions of the web of the splicebar which fit in said seats or recesses the splice bar effectually locksthe rail ends together against independent longitudinal movement.Moreover, the construction of the rail ends with the curved segmentalrecesses in their webs and the construction of the splice bar with thecorrespondingly shaped segments to fit in said recesses causes eachsegment of the splice bar to act as a filler and brace for each railend, independently of the other rail end, and to counteract the poundingeffect of passing train wheels in bending down the rail ends so that myimproved splice bar, owing to its novel construction and thecorresponding construction of the rail ends not only prevents verticalmovement of the rail ends but also prevents the rail ends from beingbent down. Preferably the splice bar is arranged on one or more crossties so that the splice bar serves to prevent vertical movement of therail ends and the pounding of the train wheels.

I claim In combination with a pair of railway rails arranged end to endand each having a base, a web and a head, the end portions of the railsbeing provided with projecting and overhanging webs and heads, the basesof the rails present-ing downwardly converging opposing shoulders andthe overhanging web portions of the rails being provided each with asegmental recess in its under side so that the said segmental recessesof the rail bases are spaced apart and on opposite sides of the jointbetween the rail ends, a splice bar having a base provided with undercutinclined ends bearing on the shoulders of the rail bases and also havinga Web formed with segmental portions spaced apart and respectivelyengaging the recesses of the overhanging Webs of the rails, fish platesarranged on opposite sides of the Webs of the rails and splice bar andbolts securing the fish plates, the splice bar and 10 the rall endstogether.

In testimony \vhei'eoi I aflix my signature 1n presence of twowitnesses.

JAMES V. SCOTT.

Witnesses MILLARI) 1)UIIHA1\I1, lVAL'rnn SCOTT.

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